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I really want to see some changes to the rink house at Dufferin Park, and I
like some of the design elements.

But demolishing the rinks to replace them with new ones poses a huge
problem for me. I'm guessing lots of us saw the Anthropocene exhibit at
the AGO.

The city insists we tear out, then replace 2 rinks that are apparently
working fine, based on an assumed lifespan.

Isn't this is a pivotal Anthropocene question in our own back (park)?

I can't feel a sense of horror at green houses in the mountains, marble and
copper mines elsewhere - without wondering what the effects of the proposed
rink demolition and replacement look like right here. The energy to tear
up cement surfaces, move it, add it to landfill, mine and transport the
materials needed to make it, produce the greenhouse gases and use huge
amounts of water to make more concrete, transport that concrete here, ....

I feel deeply grateful for the gifts of nature - and ravishing the earth to
replace what we already have feels deeply wrong to me.

Here are some contacts you can quickly e-mail to voice your feelings on
this matter: